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but it is troubling. >> i don't hold newt gingrich's past against him. i do believe he made mistakes in the past and that's not influencing me now. i think he has had a change of heart, but i just believe he's not steady and calm and i think he's fairly progressive and so the moral thing isn't what's going to sway my opinion. >> reporter: earlier this month, a group of conservative christian leaders urged unified support for santorum. strang decided to join them. >> because i want to make a statement that character is important and not think that we have to give it to somebody just because all the pundits say that they have the election wrapped up and they are the ones that can beat president obama. i think that it is unknown. >> reporter: but given his low standing in the polls, many evangelicals do wonder about santorum's electability. susan berdet says she wrestled a lot before finally casting her absentee ballot for santorum. >> i do want someone to beat our present president. badly. but i want it to be the right person. i just felt that rick santoru
but it is troubling. >> i don't hold newt gingrich's past against him. i do believe he made mistakes in the past and that's not influencing me now. i think he has had a change of heart, but i just believe he's not steady and calm and i think he's fairly progressive and so the moral thing isn't what's going to sway my opinion. >> reporter: earlier this month, a group of conservative christian leaders urged unified support for santorum. strang decided to join them. >> because i...
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you see those same evangelicals flocking to catholic candidates like rick santorum or newt gingrich who is a convert to catholicism. >> the big news for a whole lot of people in the news this week was the supreme court decision saying that religious organizations can hire who they want to without regard to the anti-discrimination laws. kim, pick up on that. >> for a lot of religious groups, the key part was without government interference. that the government can come in and second guess. >> people who are ministers? >> that's the term. although, that's the big question, who is a minister? the court left a little open wiggle room in that one. they didn't give a definition. that's the concern of some civil rights groups that this will be interpreted broadly so the janitor does ministry that he or she is a minister. they were concerned about creeping government power and if the government can say you shouldn't have fired that minister, then they felt would interfere with their religious liberty. >> david you want to follow on that? >> i think it's an important decision. a resounding rejec
you see those same evangelicals flocking to catholic candidates like rick santorum or newt gingrich who is a convert to catholicism. >> the big news for a whole lot of people in the news this week was the supreme court decision saying that religious organizations can hire who they want to without regard to the anti-discrimination laws. kim, pick up on that. >> for a lot of religious groups, the key part was without government interference. that the government can come in and second...
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that's not binding, and they acknowledged there is significant support in their community for newt gingrich as well. >>> several religious groups praised president obama's decision to reject plans for the keystone xl pipeline, a controversial pipeline that would have stretched from canada to texas. the president expressed concerns that the environmental impact of the project had not been sufficiently studied. the company behind the pipeline may propose an alternate route in the future. some faith leaders had joined in earlier protests against the pipeline's construction. the head of church world service, a christian aid organization, said obama's decision showed a profound respect for god's creation and the sacred responsibility to protect the earth. >>> protestors with the occupy wall street movement renewed their calls this week for an end to corporate greed. on martin luther king jr. day, several prominent african-american clergy and civil rights leaders called occupy the dream held marches in new york and other cities. on tuesday, more than 100 people with occupy d.c. gathered at the ca
that's not binding, and they acknowledged there is significant support in their community for newt gingrich as well. >>> several religious groups praised president obama's decision to reject plans for the keystone xl pipeline, a controversial pipeline that would have stretched from canada to texas. the president expressed concerns that the environmental impact of the project had not been sufficiently studied. the company behind the pipeline may propose an alternate route in the future....
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pastor said so, our choices are we vote for a mormon who's had one wife, we vote for a catholic, newt gingrich, who's had several wives or we vote for an evangelical, herman cain, who apparently had a whole harem. so, you know, they're not liking their choices. >> you know, what's interesting this time compared with the last time is mitt romney ran into i think some real anti-mormon prejudice the last time. the latter day saints church has really made a very aggressive effort this time to kind of fight against that by explaining its faith. i was at a session that they organized by the poytner institute over at the pew forum where they were talking about here's who we are and here's who we're not and i think it's obviously very useful for the church but i actually think it's a useful way to combat religious prejudice generally. >> one of the things i've been struck by and may be worth watching is the difference it seems of the mormonism between mitt romney and jon huntsman. everyone knows that mitt romney is a mormon and an outspoken one. he was the equivalent of a church pastor for a long time
pastor said so, our choices are we vote for a mormon who's had one wife, we vote for a catholic, newt gingrich, who's had several wives or we vote for an evangelical, herman cain, who apparently had a whole harem. so, you know, they're not liking their choices. >> you know, what's interesting this time compared with the last time is mitt romney ran into i think some real anti-mormon prejudice the last time. the latter day saints church has really made a very aggressive effort this time to...